Jeff Tucker is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Century Bridge Capital, a Dallas and Beijing based private equity investment firm focused on investments in China. He is responsible for the overall management of the firm, including operations in the U.S. and China.
Previously, Tucker was a Vice President at The Halifax Group, a Washington, D.C. based private equity firm focused on middle-market investments in the U.S. Earlier in his career, he served as a Professional Staff Member in the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Small Business, where he led Congressional oversight activities, hearings, and legislative initiatives focused on banking, federal contracting and taxation issues. Tucker also worked in the Washington, D.C. office of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York City, where he focused on federal government relations for the City of New York.
Tucker currently serves as a member of the Board of Visitors and the Chairman of the International Board of Advisors at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also the recipient of the school’s Outstanding Young Alumni award in 2001 and its Global Leadership award in 2015.
Tucker earned a BBA degree in Finance from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in 1994 and an MBA from the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in 2000.